Community Engagement Residency

In 2017, HMD’s Bridge Project created a new program, the Community Engagement Residency (CER), to provide sanctuary and opportunity for artists who identify as coming from the margins. The Community Engagement Residency extends HMD’s deep commitment to supporting Bay Area artists. Core values of the residency are artist autonomy and flexibility, the intersection of art making and activism, and building community among artists. From its inception, The Bridge Project has had a focus on lineage. The Community Engagement Residency cultivates a different kind of lineage—the lateral lines of influence that sustain creative community.

Funding for the Community Engagement Residency comes from the San Francisco Arts Commission and the Center for Cultural Innovation's Investing in Tomorrow program. This activity is also supported in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency. Learn more at www.arts.ca.gov.